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Life Happens

Lifestyle Discussion & Social Issues, Incl. Children’s Programming.

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SAfm

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Latest episode

Mar 8, 2026

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Episodes

Bonne Esperance Gallery - a gallery dedicated to South African contemporary art, Salon Globalisto 18.06.2021

GUEST: KHEHLA CHEPAPE MAKGATO - Artist GUEST: MO LAUDI - Curator

TRIBUTE TO DR. KENNETH KAUNDA 18.06.2021

Former President of Zambia Dr. Kenneth Kaunda passed away at age 97. GUEST: LEBOHANG PHEKO - Senior Research Fellow & Political Economist at the TRade Collective

Man's forum - PROF. VELILE NOTSHULWANA-MQOTA 17.06.2021

PROF. VELILE NOTSHULWANA-MQOTA - Author of Ubudoda & Clinical Psychologist / CEO of Phuhlisa Psychological Group

ENVIROMENT - FOCUS: WAR AGAINST ALIEN PLANTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 16.06.2021

GUEST: SIPHUMELELE NOWELE - CHIEF DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT KWAZULU-NATAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

“SOUTH AFRICA HAS BETRAYED THE DREAMS OF THE YOUTH OF 1976” – AN OPINION BY NOMBULELO SHANGE 16.06.2021

GUEST: NOMBULELO SHANGE - Lecturer in the department of sociology, university of the FREE STATE

REMEMBERING - SIBUSISO SAUL 'MINUS' MASHININI 16.06.2021

WHO WAS: SIBUSISO SAUL 'MINUS' MASHININI GUEST: GENERAL FANNY

LEARNING AND NOT ERASING SOUTH AFRICA’S HISTORY OF JUNE 16.06.2021

GUEST: LEBOHANG PHEKO – SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW & POLITICAL ECONOMIST AT THE TRADE COLLECTIVE

OB: YOUTH MONTH DIALOGUE 14.06.2021

a. Ms. Ntandwenhle Dlungwana – Founder: Big Sister Foundation b. Ms. Mandisa Dlamini – Executive Director: Gugu Dlamini Foundation c. Mr. David ‘Qadasi’ Jenkins – Maskandi Musician & SAMA Award-Winning Artist Mr. Makgolo Makgolo – Executive Chairperson: South African Gallery of Legends

BEHIND THE MUSIC WITH PERCY MABUNDA – THE YEAR THAT 2016 WAS 11.06.2021

GUEST: DR. SHELDON LEAL - PhD Music Academic, Musician, Songwriter and Director of Culture at Southdowns College in Irene, Pretoria

SANI-TOUCH INTERVIEW 11.06.2021

GUEST:ANNETTE DEVENISH - Marketing Director

PAT ON BRANDS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES 11.06.2021

PAT ON BRANDS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES IN THE MEDIA AND DIGITAL MARKETING SECTOR AN OPPORTUNITY ON EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING. GUEST: Tshegofatso Stone - Spokesperson Pat on Brands

OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS 11.06.2021

One of South Africa’s most acclaimed actors, Warren Masemola, is partnering with writer and director Monageng Motshabi to offer a series of master classes in acting. GUEST: MONAGENG MOTSHABI - Writer and Director

WHAT ROLE SHOULD MEN PLAY? 10.06.2021

PROF. VELILE NOTSHULWANA-MQOTA - Author of Ubudoda & Clinical Psychologist / CEO of Phuhlisa Psychological Group

GLOBAL STRATEGY TO END CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV 10.06.2021

GUEST: AMY GREEN – NEWS EDITOR OF HEALTH E NEWS GUEST: PROFESSOR NELESH GOVENDER – ONE OF THE CENTRE HEADS AT NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NICD) CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS Cryptococcal meningitis is the second biggest killer of people living with HIV after tuberculosis (TB). For decades it has flown under the radar – despite its high mortality rate – but it is finally getting the att...

CLIMATE CHANGE RISK IS COMPLEX: HERE IS A WAY TO ASSESS IT 09.06.2021

GUEST: DR NICHOLAS P. SIMPSON - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, AFRICA CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN A key feature of climate change is that it doesn’t pose one single risk. Rather, it presents multiple, interacting risks that can compound and cascade. Importantly, responses to climate change can also affect risk.

FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA – FARMER LIVING WTH A DISABILITY SIBUSISO MOGALE 09.06.2021

GUEST: SIBUSISO MOGALE – FARMER Sibusiso Mogale,33 from Ngodini in Mpumalanga Province ,being born without hands didn't stop him from pursuing his dream of being a farmer. He produces chickens and organic vegetables. Through his hard work and passion in farming, he has inspired many in his area. He's currently helping more Residents of Ngodini to never go in bed with Empty stomach.

LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA –WHY FULL DAMS DON’T MEAN WATER SECURITY 09.06.2021

GUEST: PROFESSOR MIKE MULLER - VISITING ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND After good summer rains, the dams that supply water to Johannesburg and much of South Africa’s economic heartland are full. This, then, is the time to start worrying about water supplies.

COVID-19 UPDATE – VACCINE ROLLOUT 07.06.2021

GUEST: DR NICHOLAS CRISP – DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

IN AFRICA - FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICAN CITIES NEEDS A FRESH APPROACH - OUR BOOK SETS OUT THE ISSUES 07.06.2021

GUEST: GARETH HAYSOM – RESEARCHER AT THE AT THE AFRICA CENTRE OF CITIES

ICONIC SOUTH AFRICAN ACTRESS SHALEEN SURTIE-RICHARDS, PASSES AWAY 07.06.2021

GUEST: CHANTAL STANFIELD – SA ACTRESS GUEST: STHANDIWE KGOROGE – SA ACTRESS

THE PERSPECTIVE – GRIT MATTERS WHEN A CHILD IS LEARNING TO READ ,EVEN IN POOR AFRICAN SCHOOLS 07.06.2021

GUEST: DR HELEEN HOFMEYER - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AT STELLENNBOSCH UNIVERSITY

BUDGET VOTE 12 POLICY STATEMENT 2021/2022 03.06.2021

BUDGET VOTE 12 POLICY STATEMENT 2021/2022 DELIVERED BY THE MEC FOR TRANSPORT, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON GUEST: KWANELE NCALANE - SPOKESPERSON OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, COMMUNITY SAFETY & LIAISON

FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA – UNDERSTANDING HYDROPONICS FARMING 02.06.2021

Byron Booysen developed a fondness for land and nature while growing up in Burgersdorp in the Eastern Cape, where his family farmed on a small scale. GUEST: Byron Booysen-Award winning HYDROPONICS Farmer and Founder of Booysen's Tunnel Farming

LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA – MOB JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA 02.06.2021

GUEST: Modiegi Merafe - Senior Community Practitioner at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

FAMILY TIES: ROUNDING UP AN ESTATE FINACIALLY AND LEGALLY. 01.06.2021

As soon as a person passes away, their deceased estate comes into existence regardless of whether they leave a Will or not. Immediately after the death, the process of winding up the estate starts, and this process can be very overwhelming for the family of the deceased. Winding up an estate is a complex and lengthy process that can take anything between 5 months to a number of years to complete....

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